That is correct, the shop I work for can't get their hands on 2500k/2600k/2700k's anymore the IB is intended to replace it completely with a price a little higher than before.

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Figures. Hmmm...won't have the money for a Sandy setup ready till later. Maybe I'll have to buy used. Or I just save more money and stay with AMD, rough out a few years. Wouldn't mind being able to finally clock this 945 on a board that can handle it.

That is correct, the shop I work for can't get their hands on 2500k/2600k/2700k's anymore the IB is intended to replace it completely with a price a little higher than before.

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i think this would be the case. when looking around the local shops at my place yesterday there was only one shop left with 2500k in stocked. i got mine for $230 if you convert the price into US dollar

I'd really hope that Intel releases versions of the K-series processors without the integrated graphics or with it disabled. I doubt that anyone buying a K-series processor would run their rig off of integrated graphics. The result of that would be lowered heat output, which would benefit overclocking.

Now that IVB is available, I want to see some official PCIe 2.0 x8 x8 vs 3.0 x8 x8 testing with two GTX 680's and supported drivers. I got a 2500K and a P8P67 EVO I'd like to hold onto and I really hope they wouldn't hold them back.

I'm glad I bought my SB when I did.
IB appears to be little in the way of performance increase let alone if there will be any benefits of PCI-E 3.0 while they are still considered great good performing chips.

I will kindly pass. My 2500k handles everything I throw at it with relative ease. I'm going to wait for Haswell. That's when the performance jump I get from switching will warrant my next upgrade purchase